Design of conformal arrays with series feed on cylindrical conducting surfaces

Author

Wang, Shaoyong ; Zhu, Qi ; Xu, Shanjia

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. of China, Hefei

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

1487

Lastpage

1490

Abstract

An efficient method based on the combination of isotropic transformation and cavity model, to design a conformal microstrip array on a cylindrical conducting surface, is presented here. Besides, to reduce the area of the array, series fed configuration is used. A 3-elements conformal microstrip array with series fed configuration is designed here as an example. Comparison of the results of the present method and MoM, the validity of our method has been demonstrated, while present conformal microstrip array possesses simple feeding network, small area and high efficiency

Keywords

antenna feeds; conformal antennas; method of moments; microstrip antenna arrays; 3-elements conformal microstrip array design; MoM; cavity model; cylindrical conducting surfaces; isotropic transformation; series fed configuration; series feed; Aerodynamics; Aircraft; Antenna feeds; Costs; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Microstrip components; Resonant frequency; Satellites; Space vehicles; Conformal array (CA); Isotropic transformation (IT); Series feed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710834

Filename

1710834